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Going through Downton Abbey withdrawal

All day long, I’ve been thinking about how Downton Abbey season two ended last Sunday and I am not going to get to watch it tonight. I hear Shirley McClain will be in season three as Lady Grantham’s mother. I can’t wait.

In the meantime, I have knitted both sleeves on the Driftwood pullover to the point where I will knit a braided band which will either become a cuff or a band around the arm, much like my Harlequin cardigan. I won’t know until I’ve knit the first band which it will be. And then I have to redo the neck. I’ll get back to this tomorrow; I’m too tired to start figuring out new things tonight.

It would’ve been nice to sit and work on some knitting tonight in front of the television, but it’s too soon after Downton Abbey to get into tonight’s “The Curiosity Shop.” I’m giving that a pass and writing this instead.

The other day, Alex asked me to knit a yellow hat for a friend of his. She wants the same design as the green hat I knitted Alex for Christmas. I was going to make it in some yellow Simply Soft, but then I noticed I have a skein of yellow Bamboo Ewe from the grand opening of the Debbie Stoller book, Stitch & Bitch Superstar Knitting, so I’m going to use that instead. I cast on tonight, and I’ve knitted about an inch.

Last night, I got a call from my friend Cesca, who had spent most of yesterday at Stitches West in Santa Clara, California. Cesca lives near my brother in Belmont, Ca., and she goes to Stitches West every year with our mutual friend Anne, who is from Texas. It sounds like they are having a terrific time, and they were having dinner with Laura Bryant of Prism Yarns last night. Cesca was very exited.

I must say that I hope someone posts a lot more information about what happened at Stitches West. There are some photos on FaceBook, but it’d be grate to see a lot more. I wonder if Anne took any photos. . .

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I miss Downton Abbey too! I am going to try and rewatch the season on PBS before it gets taken down on 3/6, although Netflix may have it soon. I saw the DVDs for Season 2 at B&N (actually my kids saw them and pointed them out to me -- they know how much I love it!) so there's hope.

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Pam MacKenzie
Our real estate editor, Pam MacKenzie, expresses her creative side in this blog about knitting. Pam learned to knit at age 6, when her friend’s mother made Pam’s doll a dress, and Pam wanted to make more. Her mother wanted her to learn how to sew in high school, but she was afraid of the sewing machines, cutting fabric the wrong way, and the potential that sewing would have for bringing down her grade-point average. Every year, she managed to find a course conflict to avoid sewing classes. But the day after high school graduation, she took her graduation money to a fabric store, bought a kit to make a sweater, taught herself to read patterns and never looked back. These days, she knits a prayer shawl every month, along with sweaters, tote bags, gift bags and other goodies. She also designs many of her projects. Read More About PamE-mail Pam